Mighty Outdoors
Rusty Dennen writes about the environment and the great outdoors.
Flooding forecast west of Fredericksburg
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Orange, Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison Greene and Prince William counties. Heavy rain earlier today, combined with elevated streams and rivers from last …more
March 11th, 2013
Gloucester watermen cited for oyster violations
Virginia marine police filed more than 100 charges over the weekend against 10 watermen from the Tidewater area working in the lower Rappahannock River. John Bull, spokesman for the …more
March 8th, 2013
Snap one for the bay foundation
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s annual watershed photo contest is off and running. Submit photos of nearby waterways from March 11 through April 12. Photographers of all skill levels, age 13 …more
March 7th, 2013
After rehab, bald eagle to fly free
The Wildlife Center of Virginia will release a rehabilitated bald eagle at noon Friday at the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge near Warsaw. The release is open to the …more
March 6th, 2013
Trees cracking and no power
I was clearing the snow off my car, when, in the woods near my house at Todds Tavern in Spotsylvania, a cracking sound had me ducking near the side window. …more
February 20th, 2013
Group says sequestration would hack away at national park programs
The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees says the looming across-the-board budget cuts will have a big impact at many popular parks across the country. In a press release, it …more
February 13th, 2013
Conservation groups release radio ad on uranium mining
A bill to set up the framework for uranium mining in Southside Virginia was pulled on Jan. 31 by its sponsor, State Sen. John Watkins. Now, opponents of the proposal …more
February 12th, 2013
Bay advisory group to meet here
The Citizens Advisory Committee to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Executive Council holds its quarterly meeting in Fredericksburg on Feb. 21-22. The meeting is open to the public, and comments on …more
February 8th, 2013
Florida bass headed for the Rappahannock
Within a couple years there could be many more big bass along a stretch of the tidal Rappahannock River. The nonprofit Concerned Bass Anglers of Virginia expects to buy about …more
February 7th, 2013
Virginia sites on conservation group’s endangered list
The Southern Environmental Law Center in Charlottesville released its annual “Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast,” and a few of them are in Virginia. Virginia and Tennessee’s mountains are …more
